Passenger-car.



No. 875,740. PATENTBD JAN. 7, 1908 W. G. ROSS & 1). MQDONALD.

PASSENGER GAR.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 26,1907.

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No. 875.740. PATENTED JAN. 7, 1908. W. G. ROSS & D. MCDONALD;

PASSENGER OAR.

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PASSENGER OAR.

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W. G. ROSS & D. MoDONALD.

PASSENGER GAR.

APPLICATION TILED JULY 26. 1907.

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m d. ii iii A WILLIAM GIL-DUES ROSS AND DUNCAN MCDONALU, OF MONTREAL, QUEBEC, OANADJ'l IPASSENGER-CAR.

' His Majesty the King of Great Britain and Ireland, residing at Montreal, Province of Quebec, Dominion of Canada, have invented certsm new and useful improvements in Passenger Carsof which the following is a specification.

The car is divided into two or more compartments, each of the compartments having an exit and a common entrance for the several c mpm'tments, the entrance end exits being on the" side of the car instead of at the ends, as is customary in prior constructions.

he car is particularly advantageous as an width than Observation car, with a clear, unobstructed view for the passengers at either end and to increase the advantages of this feature, the motormans platform is sunk below the level of the floor of'thc car and at one side of the front thereof, so that by making the inclesure of glass, atleast the upper art, there is a clear vision for passengers in t is car.

The car is adapted to be mede of greater is now permitted in street car service, and to this, the center of the car is offset from the running gear or trucks at one side so that cars passing each other on parallel tracks and on curves will have the same distance between them as is 'motorman u now allowed, andthe additional width of the car extends beyond the running gear on the side opposite t e parallel track.

rincipel object of our car is to im the means of collecting fares from pasaen ers before they enter the compartments 1 t e car, thust'making it what is known as a as-you-enter car.

y roviding a -spece on the platform in the si e of the car for passengers with onentranceconnectedthereto from which the passengers may enter either of the compartments of the car, and by providing a plurality of exits opening from the several compartments, to other with the necessary means or directingt e passengers so as not to confuse the passe. e into and outof the several passe sways, t e efficiency of such car is marial y increased. In such a construction, the conductor remains at all times at a point near the entrance door so that he can collect fares and from this position he can signal the on the exit or entrance of a passenger, 'Whic will be near him and in full View of him so that he can give proper atten- Specifiestion oi Letters Potent, Application filed July'fld, 190']- Sorinl Ne. 355M519.

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platform and the collection of fares and it is such a. car which it is the disadvantages of our intention to overcome.

The de tails of construction and the advantages cl our device will beinore fullypointed out in the description heron fter.

In the drawings forming art of this application, Figure 1 is a side e ovation of a railway car made in accordance with our invention." Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the same. Fig. 3 is an enlarged side elevation showing the passenger platform. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section of the same. Fig. 5 is a section showinqthe notoimans com art ment, and Fig. c is a perspective View s1ow ing one way of dropping the motormans compartmen -"below the plane of the car floor. Fi I 7 is a. longitudinal section showing a modified form.

As for as our invention is concerned in its broadest aspect, the car may but one compartment divided bv n pro'ecting within the lateral limits of the car and, which is provided with various entrance and exit doors, tages to be had the drawings two separate may be used as a smoking compartment.

In the drawings forming part of this application, numeral a railway car in closed so that SSGIIQGIS n'cither'enter n01 leave from the end p this car having a free and unobstructed view. Seats 4 ere provided in the interior of the car which may run cross-wise in the car or lonbut there are greater advenin n. car hlre that shown in in which the car is divided into As will be seen by reference to the Ian View, Fig. 2, the center line 5 of the car 18 to one side 0f the center line 6 of the trucks 7 which are shown in dotted lines. manner the width of the car on one side of the running gear may be increesed'without decreasing the clearance space between two cars running on parallel tracks. This is ertioularly advantageous in a ecter here shown, where i preferable to increase the lateral (lllneIiLiiullS of the car.

iere' cross seats are used, sometimes the matter of an inch or two is very impo'rtent to the seztting capacity of the various sea be made with platform compartments, one of which 1 represents the body of which the ends 2 and 3 are car of the c oratforrns, the ends in compartments 8 and 9, the former being there are casings s i g g eots with n the lateral limits of the car and towards one side form of car, it is intender somewhat smaller than the l-atter,.although the zl'elative sizes may be varied as desired. The :compartments are se mated by the platform and its surroun in casing and door The 'plat orm '11 proof the car and is provided number of steps 12- for assengers. In this that all assen'gers enter and leave! the car by way oi the platform at the side. The platform extends a greater portion of the width of the car leavmg a space 13 between its farther side and the Side .Of the car nearest gthereto so that a passageway is provided interiorly connecting the two compartments of the car, with the doQl ,10 serving to shut oil the smoking coinpartrnent from the other compartment. The platform is bounded as follows :.At the ends 14' and 15 projecting inwith the necessary the ingress and egress of wardly from the sides of tlie car which are formed in the nature of walls preferably havsliding doors 18 and ltlrespcctively, which doors form the exits for the compartments 8 and 9 so that passengers may pass out from either compartment without interfering with the entering passengers, as will be seen hereafter. On either side of the platform curved walls or casings tending from the ed es of the doors 18 and 19 inward and then lbngitudinal where their opposing ends are connected by the sliding door 22 which is adapted to be received in inlike manner over the steps,

. 1s rovid'ed an entrance space between the t nd the pocket 23 of the casingll. The motorrnans box or compartment is at .the front and side of the car and hasa iloor 31 supported by suitable crossings from the lower edges of the sills 30 and 29 and crossing 28. This construction places the inotorinan where he will interfere with the views of passengers as little as ossible. 'lho'scvcral elements thns'descri ed constitute afsubstantial rcctangularinclosurc forthe platform separating it from the remainder of the car.

On the platform we provido'proiwr means for diverting the passengers so that those entering the car will be separate from those leaving the car, and in this instance the means consists of a rail 2-1 oxtondii-ig from :the wall 21 in a curved positron arulgrul-iinng out beyond tho-edge of the latforin androgover oncor more 0 the steps of the car; and another railing-'25 extending from the wall in a similar way "and, projecting so that there rai s 24 and 25 that )asscngcrsmay enter by way of the stops to tile platforl'n l1 and after spying the conductor who stands within the 'viding rail 26, they p'ass lil-irough door 22 and trance and exits.

toreceive-the tail of construction'and 20 and 21 are'provided, ear-- nents, said car bein "being provided disperse in the sever-a rompartments of 7 the car. Those desiring .to go into the compartment A, pass through the swinging door 10; the passengers desirlngfto leave the car, par from the compartment '9 through the door 19 which may slide into the ocket 17, or from compartment 8, through tile door 18 which is slidable in the pocket 16. The step of the car may be marked to indicate the. en-

As the conductor is at all times on the platform, he is in full control of the movement of the passengers.

In the form shown in Fig. and 25, and steps 12 remain the same. Doorways 18 and'lQ? correspond to the previously described doorways. In this form the; passage-way connecting the two compartments is defined by the two railings 39 and 40, with a place of entrance between them.

Doorways 42 and 43 open. to the several compartments 'fIOIll the passage-way.

railing 41 place'd in the passage-wa opposite the': entrance def'mes a place an or the conductor to stand and receive the fares" from the ingoing passengers. w Various changes may be made lathe dethe arrangement of the parts without departing from the spirit I or scope of the following claims:

Having described our invention, claim is:-

1. A passenger car having a platform extending'inwardly from one side of the car, provided what we with inclosing means wherebythe interior of the car is divided into comp'artprovided with an 111? terior passage-way inclos'iire andone side of the car whereby the said several compartments are connected -.2. -In a passenger car, a platform extending inwardly from one side of the car, and

dividing the interior of said car into compartments, the car being provided with a passageway connecting the compartments, an entrance and exit door and means forming separate passageways for the entrance and exit of passengers to and-from said'entra'nce and rxit doors.

3. A passenger car having a platform extending inwardly from one side of the ear, dividing the car into compartments, the car being provided with apassage-way connecting the compartments so formed, an entrance etween the platform door from the platform into the said passageway. and exit doors for. cachet-the said mrtmonts and means forming separate pinsagcw'ays for said entrance and exits.

4. A passenger car having a platform extending inwardly from one 'side of the car, dividing-tho car into compartments, the car with a passage connecting the compartments so formed, an'entrance door from the platform into the saidjpassagc and exit doors frolnleaoh of the said com partments to the said lat-form.

5. A passenger car raving a platform extending inwardl v from one side ofthe earv steps leading; thereto. hand-rails dividing the platform into three ways, and (.llll'tllHt and exit doors from the said platform opening into the three wa vs.

(i. passenger car having a platform extending inwardly from one side of the ear 1 dividing the car into compartments, the car having; a. passage-way between the said platform and one side of the car, an entrance door from the platform to the said passage way, exit doors from the compartments to the platform. and means for dividing the platform into three ways.

7. passenger car having a platform extending inwardly from the side of the ear dividing the ear into compartments, steps leading thereto, the car having, a passagewa v connecting the compartments of thel car; an entrance door from the platform to the passage, exit doors from each compartment to the platform, and means for dividing the .platform and steps into three ways.

8. A passenger car having a plat-form extending.inwardly from the side of the car thus dividing the car into compartments,

steps leading to the platform, an entrance door from the platform to the interior of the car, exit doors from the compartments to the platform, and means for dividing the steps and platform into three ways one of which leads to the entrance door and the other from the exit doors.

9. A passenger car having a platformex tending inwardly from the side of the car Ethos dividing the car into compartments, steps leading to the. platform. an entrance door from the platform to the interior of the car, exit doors from the compartments to the platform, and hand rails, dividing the platform into three ways, one for each of said entrance and exit doors.

10. A passenger car provided with a platform extending within the side of the car dividing the car into compartments, an entrance door from the platform to the in terior of the ear, exit doors from the com- ,partments to the said platform, hand rails dividing the platform into three ways, and Illtllls forming an inclosure for the conductor near said entrance door.

, 11. A passenger car with a motormans 1 box at one side of the front of the car extending below the plane of the floor and to a special flooring supported at the lower edges of the sills.

12. A passenger car having a car body with its medial line at one side of the medial line of the track gage whereby the Width of the car may be increased to provide greater seating capacity.

Signed at Montreal, in the Province of 1 Quebec, and Dominion of Canada, this 15 dayof July, 19.07. I

WILLIAM GILLIES ROSS. DUNCAN MODGNALD.

Witnesses:

0. German, BAIN L. CAMPBELL. 

